SIR - What a delight it was to see your feature on the Haworth Cat Rescue Centre (T&A, May 5) and to see pictures of such good, kind folk as the Atkinsons and Lyndsey Randall.

It was especially pleasant to read of the comfort the cats provide to disabled people.

As the owner of four strays, or to be more precise, as someone who is owned by four strays, I can confirm how much our feline friends can help in times of stress.

I think it was Hilaire Belloc who remarked that cats find us humans acceptable, albeit sometimes inefficient, domestic servants!

Sid Brown, Glenhurst Road, Shipley